Brides of Montana

Recently widowed Irene is desperate to heal her broken heart on the Montana Frontier. Cast out by her late husband's family, she signs her fate over as a mail-order bride, only to find herself caught up in the conflicts of three generations of McGuire men and betrothed to the eldest: the aging grandfather, Jack. Her unlikely fiance has a plan: by securing a mail-order bride for each of them, he hopes to soothe the conflict in the household. Can Irene and her fellow brides unite the family and help them weather a tough winter on the homestead, or is she destined to a future of bitterness and hardship?

In this second book of the Brides of Montana Series, Audrey Burns deepens her romance with her mail-order husband Owen McGuire. After her shocking revelation that she's an expert horsewoman, Audrey finds a new purpose working the McGuire cattle herd on their annual drive to the auction yards in Helena, Montana. When Jack McGuire recovers from his fall from his horse and takes to the saddle again, Audrey reluctantly gives up her position among the cowboys and retreats to the chuck wagon with the women. But circumstances don't allow her to remain on the shelf for long. Catastrophe strikes the cattle drive again and again, each time calling on Audrey to rise to the occasion and use her skills and her indomitable spirit to rescue the operation from disaster. Audrey's new family discovers a depth of courage and determination in her they never thought possible. One by one, she wins the admiration of each person in the company. But Audrey has a secret no one knows - the secret of why she became a mail-order bride in the first place. Before this cattle drive ends, her cherished family and her budding attachment for Owen will face the ultimate test of love and loyalty when they find out she isn't the person they think she is.

Book three of The Montana Bride Series completes the saga of Philomena Harcourt's experience on the McGuire cattle drive across Frontier Montana. After a rocky start, Irene and Audrey McGuire prove themselves strong and capable Frontier women. Their husbands, Jack and Owen McGuire, can't stop marveling how they saved the cattle drive from disaster. But what about 17-year-old Philly? Why can't she be happy with her own role in the operation? Why isn't she satisfied with her competence and skill, keeping the family fed and tending camp? Isn't she capable of more than the same old domestic drudgery? Philly's young husband, Joel, doesn't think any less of her than he does Irene and Audrey. He loves and values her just the way she is, even if she is so deathly afraid of horses that she won't learn to ride them or even drive the chuck wagon. It's Philly herself who can't get over her limitations. She won't put aside her own insecurities to be satisfied with the blessings of her new marriage. She worried herself sick trying to come up with some way to prove herself equal to her fellow mail-order brides. But the cattle drive isn't over yet. More trials await the family in the last few days of their journey. Philly must dig deep inside herself to find the strength and courage to meet these events and overcome them. By the end of the cattle drive, all the demons of her past life will be exorcised, leaving her free to embrace the future with a new spirit.

Can three brides heal the rifts in a volatile family and save an entire homestead from devastation? Recently widowed Irene is desperate to heal her broken heart on the Montana Frontier. Cast out by her late husband's family, she signs her fate over as a mail-order bride, only to find herself caught up in the conflicts of three generations of McGuire men and betrothed to the eldest: the aging grandfather, Jack. Her unlikely fiance has a plan: by securing a mail-order bride for each of them, he hopes to soothe the conflict in the household. Can Irene and her fellow brides unite the family and help them weather a tough winter on the homestead, or is she destined to a future of bitterness and hardship? Audrey's love for her mail-order husband, Owen, grows. Her superior skills as a horsewoman calls on her time and time again to save the McGuire cattle drive from disaster, each time earning her more respect from the family. Before the cattle drive ends, her cherished family and her love for Owen will face the ultimate test of loyalty when they find out she isn't who they thought she was. 17-year-old Philomena struggles to settle into life on the McGuire cattle drive. Her young husband, Joel, admires her just as much as Irene and Audrey, but she's too afraid of horses to fully embrace life with the cattle drive. Philly struggles to get over her insecurities and prove herself equal to her fellow Frontier brides. There's still a rocky road ahead, and Philly must dig deep inside herself to find the strength and courage to exorcise the demons of her past. Is she strong enough to embrace a future with the family? In the Brides of Montana Trilogy, you'll find three strong women fighting to find love and their place in a future with an unlikely family.